ECSTASIES AND EXPLORATIONS OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE
We'll be ending our season on a high note with Grand Finale on April 29 and 30! This program will highlight ecstasies and explorations of the human psyche, featuring dazzling contemporary textures by Caroline Shaw, the posthumous world premiere of The Elemental Prayer Suite by Carl St. Jacques, and the radiant grandeur of choral highlights from the operas of Richard Wagner, all in collaboration with the Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw combines 17th and 18th century forms with modern tonal music to create a unique voice. We'll experience extensive harmonies and a variety of timbres and textures in her Music in Common Time. We'll also hear The Elemental Prayer Suite by Carl St. Jacques, a meditation-based composition using the solo voice of the viola (performed by Maestro Daniel Stewart!) to take the listener on a musical journey through the natural elements Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether.
Interspersed throughout the program will be selections from Richard Wagner's Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, and Die Meistersinger. The most influential musician of his era after Beethoven, Wagner reinvented opera and led the way to musical modernism. In these excerpts we'll enjoy his innovative use of harmony and explicit attention to the sensuous nature of the musical experience.
Join us in appreciating these sublime, emotionally moving works! Tickets are on sale now.
WHEN AND WHERE:
April 29 at 7:30 PM, Civic Auditorium
April 30 at 2 PM, Mello Center